Iconic ice cream brand Ben & Jerry’s is partnering with social justice campaigners Hope Not Hate to encourage young Londoners to register to vote. Ahead of the deadline for registration before the city chooses its next mayor, the initiative will feed thousands in an effort to combat poor voter registration. The new flavour ‘Give A Fudge’ is…

Another day, another Olympic proposal – and this time it’s a member of Team GB. Tom Bosworth, race walker, tweeted a photo of the moment he popped the question to his boyfriend, Harry Dineley, on Monday. The 26-year-old got down on one knee on the picturesque Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro. Dineley, who said…

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Getting a decent night’s sleep could be the key to improving your sex life, particulalry for menopausal and post-menopausal women. A new study suggests sleep disturbance is common for many women during menopause, creating an array of adverse health outcomes such as heart disease, hypertension and depression. The researchers also found that sleep problems can…

Mystery notes aimed at deterring shoppers from buying diet products have been appearing in a Tesco store in Coventry. The labels appeared on Slim Fast and Tesco’s ‘Ultra Fast’, which are meal replacement drinks designed to drive speedy weight loss. The notes carried strong anti-diet messages such as: “STOP counting calories! YOU LOOK GREAT” and “You…

A barber is helping the homeless by offering free haircuts, in the hope it will help them to build a more positive life for themselves. Ged King, who owns Manchester’s Skullfades Barber Shop, has also started a winter appeal – donating food, warm clothing and sleeping bags to the homeless community during the colder months….

Spend a lot of time ogling other people’s bodies in the gym? Well, you’re in luck, there’s now a dating app for people who love to work out. Dubbed the “Tinder for fitness fanatics”, ‘Sweatt’ matches people based on their exercise habits – including type of exercise, workout frequency and preferred time of day to…

Raw milk has made headlines after it emerged that 65 people had fallen ill in Cumbria, possibly due to drinking an unpasteurised milk product from a local farm. Sales of the product called ‘From Moo To You’ – sold by the Low Sizergh Barn Farm in Kendal – have been suspended while the local council and…

Men are twice as likely to feel financial burden in a relationship than women, a critical report on the pressures facing men in 2016 has revealed. While 31% of men feel they should be more responsible than their partner for financial matters, just 14% of women feel the same. What’s more, men are twice as…

Online marketplace Etsy is aiming to smash the dated stereotypes of the “white, male” entrepreneur, one of its bosses has said. Mark Lennihan/AP Etsy’s team celebrating their IPO last year Nicole Vanderbilt, VP International for Etsy, said that 90% of its sellers were women and it aimed to empower them to “define success on their…